The Inland Road Page #2

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eight little Indians

# Seven little, six little,

five little Indians

# Four little, three

little, two little Indians

# One little Indian boy

She's asleep.

Is this where you grew up?

Yeah.

Yeah, it's nice, actually.

Lots of space to run around.

Did Matt say anything to you?

After the accident.

No.

Was he conscious?

No.

That's good.

He seemed like a good guy.

Yeah, he was a good guy.

How'd you sleep?

Good.

You want a hot drink?

Yeah.

What do you want?

A fizz.

A what?

A fizzy drink.

I don't have fizz.

What are you having?

Coffee.

Can I have a coffee?

Were you in the car with Daddy?

Aye.

I wonder where he is.

Is he coming back?

Remember the church?

Yeah.

Then we went to the garden.

Before the party?

Yeah.

And then we buried him

in the ground, remember?

Did we put him in the

garden so he could grow again?

What?

No.

If it rains, he might grow.

Allison says rain

makes things grow.

Who's Allison?

Allison from kindy.

Over here.

Tia.

If you stand on the egg,

there might be a problem.

The chickens might

fly up and lay it there.

Shh, don't scare it.

I know there's

another egg somewhere.

It's warm.

You gotta slide it down

the side so it doesn't crack.

Mama...

Mama...

Lily, please!

Come on!

Lily!

For goodness sake!

Lily!

I can look after her if you want.

Leave her here, okay?

Then go and stay with Mum and Dad.

They'll want to look after you.

I'll drive over if you

change their mind, okay?

Okay.

I love you.

I love you too.

Have a shower, okay, 'cause you stink.

Lily, go ask Will if he wants coffee.

No.

Come on.

You go.

I'm busy.

No you're not.

Hello?

Yeah.

Lily.

Someone's speaking for Dad.

I'll take it, sweetheart.

Come on.

Hello, Will speaking.

Um, no, he's...

Sorry, who's calling?

Alright, I'm actually gonna be taking over

as the contact name on that account.

Yep.

Wanna go for a walk?

What?

Come on.

Ready, ready, go.

Lead the way.

See, if this river was back home,

there'd be at least two

shopping trolleys in it.

Eh?

So whose name have you got on your neck?

My ex.

Oh yeah?

What happened there?

He dumped me.

He dumped you?

Well, he sounds like an idiot.

Yeah, well...

You know.

So how old are you, then?

Man, I was a terror at that age.

I was drinking, fighting,

kicking mirrors off cars.

I had the worst haircut ever.

They called it curtains.

Curtains?

Yeah.

It's like a middle parting down to here,

shaved underneath, and an undercut.

Not a good look, not a good look.

Hey, can we go for a swim?

Yeah, why not.

Come on.

Go deeper, go deeper.

Um...

Orange.

Now choose something.

One, two, three...

No, just choose one at a time.

Um, one.

One orange thing.

Not sure what it is.

Beef, I think.

Hillary brought it.

Oh, that's kind.

How's your leg?

It's fine.

It's good to get out, actually.

That's good, I'm glad

you're feeling better.

And how are you, Tia?

I'm fine, thanks.

I'm good too, auntie Donna.

Well, that is good.

I got it.

You take care of your baby.

Oh, okay.

Thank you.

That bandage will need to

come off at some point.

Did the doctor give you any instructions?

Yeah.

How's it feeling?

Not too bad anymore.

That's good.

So what are your plans?

You back at school this year?

No, might just hang around.

See what comes up.

Tia?

Tia?

Some dinner left, if you want it.

Go away.

Hey, what's going on?

Tia.

F*** off.

Doesn't look that bad.

Bullshit.

It makes me feel ugly.

Tia, you're not ugly.

You're beautiful.

You are.

I said f*** off!

Yeah, hi Jen.

Is Tony around?

It's Donna.

Yeah, hi Tony, how are you?

Shaun said you might be able

to help out this morning?

Yep, sure.

It's healing well.

Yes, just for the day.

Okay.

Can you drive?

- Yeah.

You got a license?

- Yeah.

Is it clean?

- Jesus, Donna.

Yeah.

Yes, perfect, okay.

As soon as you can, thank you.

Bye.

Do you fancy a drive to Glenorchy?

I don't mind.

We need to pick up Dave's drill.

Can I please go?

- It's hours away.

Why doesn't Dave just

bring it back here?

Because we're already asking

so many favors of him.

- Can I please go?

Okay, you're all gonna go.

You can take Matt's truck.

And you're the adult.

You're in charge.

("For Today" by Netherworld Dancing Tools)

# For today

# I'll remember your smile

Sorry about last night.

What do you think, Lily?

She's cuddly.

Cuddly?

F*** me.

Watch your language.

You're supposed to be the adult, remember?

It's okay, my daddy says f***.

Oh, sh*t.

Well that's not gonna work.

Nope.

I better phone Dave.

I'm gonna walk back to that garage.

Sure.

Yeah, hi, I need to get a tire fixed.

Could you do it tonight?

We've gotta get home.

Well, why the f*** do you have

your number on the door then?

It'll be fine.

It's fine, we'll check into a hotel.

Okay.

Well I'll call you in the morning.

Yeah, I'll be fine.

It'll be fine.

Okay, all right.

Is she coming to get us?

No, I told her we'd check

into the motel down the road.

Lily's asleep.

It's like a 20 minute walk.

We should just sleep in the truck.

Not sleeping in the truck.

She's happy.

It doesn't bother me.

Well, I guess we're

sleeping in the truck then.

Do you smoke pot?

It's illegal.

Are you an undercover cop?

I hate cops.

My dad was a cop.

Oh, sh*t.

What was that like?

It was okay.

He was pretty strict.

Hope I'm gonna be a

better dad than he was.

In what way?

Guess I just want my kid

to know that I love them.

You feel that?

Let them know they can do

whatever they want to do.

And that that's all right.

I mean, if they want to take up karate,

I'm not gonna force them

to play football, you know?

Come on, Jackie Chan.

It's stunning.

I like your accent.

Thanks.

Where are you from?

Kirkcaldy.

What?

Kirkcaldy.

Where's that?

It's just north of Edinburgh.

Where's that?

Uh, Scotland.

What's so funny?

I don't know,

I guess I just thought everyone

knew where Edinburgh was.

What's it like?

Um...

It's old.

It's beautiful.

It's got a castle.

Aye.

What about you, where are you from?

Up north.

Jesus, you don't make it easy, do you?

Mapou.

And where might that be?

I thought everyone knew where Mapou was.

# Swing low, sweet chariot

You gotta stay on your note.

Okay, all right.

# Swing low, sweet chariot

You're singing my note!

I can't help it.

Of course you can.

- I can't!

You're lucky I'm singing

this in the first place.

I'd get strung up back home

if I was caught singing this.

Why?

It's an English rugby song.

Lucky I'm singing it at all.

Block your ears.

What's that gonna do?

It's gonna help.

- All right, okay, right.

# Swing low, sweet chariot

F***, you're hopeless.

All right, okay, right.

Where are you?

Take my hand.

Come here, come here.

Stay with me, stay with me.

Okay.

# Swing low, sweet chariot

# Coming for to carry me home

# Swing low, sweet chariot

# Coming for to carry me home

That wasn't so bad.

We done great.

Yeah.

What does that mean?

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